Scarlet Spider is Canceled!
Say it ain’t so, true-believers! The Scarlet Spider series is being cancelled in December! Scarlet Spider #25 is the final issue, and it looks to be a doozy!
I hope he lives
This is bumming me out. I really enjoy Scarlet Spider, enough so to give each issue a major review. I will be very disappointed to see the series leave. I’m not sure why it’s being canceled. I don’t think Marvel has said anything yet. Maybe sales were low? We always knew the series wasn’t exactly star material. It was just a fun comic.
Scarlet Spider is about Kaine, the clone of Spider-Man, who tried and usually failed to be a good person and a good superhero in Houston, TX. Scarlet Spider was heaped in characters and imagery from the Clone Saga, one of the most hated comic book stories of all time. But it’s one of my favorites, so I was completely behind Kaine getting his own series.
But good things don’t last forever. Here’s the solicitation from December:
SCARLET SPIDER #25
CHRIS YOST
DAVID BALDEON (A)
Cover by Ryan Stegman
LAST DEVASTATING ISSUE!
• It’s over. Kaine did his best to be a hero. He failed.
• What about Houston?! Who lives? Who dies? Is there a place for the Scarlet Spider in this world? The answers will surprise you.
• Two years and 25 issues have led to THIS! Guest starring: MEXICO!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
Kaine failed to be a hero? So I guess in the long run, the series really is going to be about Kaine’s failed attempt to be a superhero. His life has been getting progressively worse since the series started. That’s kind of depressing.
Posted on September 12, 2013, in Comics, Marvel, Spider-Man and tagged Kaine, Scarlet Spider. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.
Henchman-4-Hire 
Now I am really pissed first dc does this and my second favorite book gets cancelled. It looks like Peter is coming back though..
Nah, those were just some special issues in the solicitations. He’s not coming back for real yet.
The sales seemed to be OK. Not great, but not bad. And Wacker seems to be indicating that Kaine won’t be gone for long. From a Comic Book Resources thread:
“You won’t miss Kaine for long.
Stay tuned.”
So we’ll see.
Oh good. I hope he shows up somewhere fun. Maybe he’ll join the Mighty Avengers or something cool like that.
Perhaps he returns in a Spider Based Team:
Venom, Scarlet Spider, Ricochet, Arana, and the newly arrived Miles Morales team up for the Superior Spider-Squad. They unite for one goal: to take out the imposter Spider-Man and get Peter Parker back!
I am so completely down with that!
You win the internet today jayaquino.
Miguel O’Hara too.
Miguel would be a great addition. Provided his time displacement doesn’t result in reality collapsing in on itself. Which considering the current state of time travel in the 616, Miguel being in the past would not help for too long.
See, you make that sound like it’s off the cuff, but i can totally tell you’ve been thinking about it for a while. And i wouldn’t put it past Marvel to throw out a Spider team and see if it sticks.
I think the Ricochet add gives it away, doesn’t it? I was tempted to call this team the Superior Slingers, as Marvel seems to love reusing old names.
But it didn’t really work until both Venom and Scarlet Spider were cancelled, so you could move it back to New York.
Adding Ricochet only makes it sweeter. And the Superior Slingers is an amazing name! Perfect thinking on your part.